from a fat sad teenager to a slimmer happier adult

Julz2586

Hey everyone...
I've been meaning to get around to get around to posting my story... i guess i put it off cuz it's soooo much typing hahaha!!

anyways... i started to gain weight when i was about 14/15yrs old... i would love to blame my boyfriend at the time (as much of an *kitten* he was), i really only have myself to blame. Before the age of 15 i always thought i was fat... never worried me but i just always wondered why i wasnt naturally stick thin like my best friend. now i look back at those pictures of myself and think you poor child you were never fat!!!

anyway... moving on, I just got bigger and bigger... went from a size 12 (australian sizing) to finally a size 22 at the age of 20 when mum took me clothes shopping and i could no longer fit a size 22 and had to go a size up to a 24... i got sooooo upset and said "NO!! i dont want these pants, i want to lose weight" and stormed out of the store. HA!!


This is me at the end of highschool (2003)... not my biggest. I was celebrating with my best friend after dumping that jerk of a boyfriend who would constantly tell me how fat i was and "why dont you look like those pornstars" etc ... he was a real jerk!


This was in 2005 four month after meeting my ummm well he is still my husband at the moment but soon to be ex... (separated)... anyway this was probably a few months before i decided i wanted to lose the weight, i was over 100kg (not sure how much over cuz i never got on the scales ever).


That same year (close to the end)... i put myself of an extremely strict diet, and because i didn't have a job at the time i had all the time in the world to focus just on the weight loss. I was so determined i lost 40kgs in one month!! ONE MONTH!!! i had no clothes after that haha needed to go shopping!
anyways... in that month each would look like this

6am - wake up, drink warm lemon water and go for a 20mins brisk walk
7am - have breakfast which was a homemade muesli so that there was no sugar and i knew what was in it
9am - hand full of nuts and a piece of fruit
11am - 1hr of extreme cardio work out, i had a DVD of tae bo!
12:30 - lunch which was either salad with tuna or fruit salad
3pm - snack of fruit or nuts
5pm- 20mins brisk walk
6pm- Dinner which was lots of vegetables and a palm size piece of chicken or fish

That whole month i had no sugar! no coffee! and soft drinks! all i drank was water.. nothing else no juice or anything like that.
I went from a size 24 (australian) to a size 12!!! i was just under 70kgs at the time and i was soooo happy with myself.

after that i relaxed a bit... didn't go overboard but kept to the small portains but let myself have sugar and whatever else again.

2007 i had put a bit back on but wasn't too worried about it


2008 i got engaged and still felt good in my own skin!

2010 was the year of the wedding...wedding was in october... at the start of the year i had all four of my wisdom teeth out and wasn't able to eat properly for a month after because of the stitches and healing process... lost 10kgs in that time and went down to a size... i was extremely happy with this size and started to exercise again, doing yoga and pilates which i had stopped doing for a while. by the time October came i was extremely happy with the size that i was and loved how i looked


after getting married i slacked off and put on a few kgs... that wasn't a problem... anyway... a year after we got married i moved out because of problem (but thats a whole other story together)... that was November last year. since then i have put on 10kgs....
My mission at the moment is find myself again and get back to that weight i was happy with!!

BUT!!! all in all i am really happy with where i am today! i am proud of myself with the struggles i have overcome, dont get my wrong, i have my really down days where i think "whats the point!" then i remember

^^^^ i'm not her anymore!!!

<<<< I'M HER!!! I'M STRONG (when i need to be)!! AND I WANT TO BE STRONGER!!!

hopefully most of that made sense... i've been distracted while typing this and big stories like this i tend to babble!! HAHAHA!!

Just remember!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!


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EDIT!! hopefully the pictures show up now

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samandlucysmum

Hi, to show your pics on the forum, replace the IMG with img.

Julz2586

Hi, to show your pics on the forum, replace the IMG with img.

THANK YOU!!! fixed!!

suziecue66

I think you have to put IMG in lower case?
Edit - By the time I posted others did before me. anyway well done you look fantastic.

Por2gueseMama

You have come so far and you look incredible contests

Julz2586

Thanks

Hailei

I'm looking forward for that day when I'll be able to say that myself: "I'm not her anymore" )
PS: that thing about you looking at your teenager pictures, I've been there and it makes me so angry today, that nobody bothered to explain to me how much I was exaggerating. I used to think I was huge and horrible and looking back, I was just a few kilos above what should have probably been the normal weight... Maybe I would have done better at keeping my weight had I know it was something worth keeping

Anyway, it was a great journey with it's ups and downs from which you have probably learned a lot. Best of luck for the future

christinerush

Wow! Amazing! You look great! Well done and be VERY proud of yourself!

Julz2586

I'm looking forward for that day when I'll be able to say that myself: "I'm not her anymore" )
PS: that thing about you looking at your teenager pictures, I've been there and it makes me so angry today, that nobody bothered to explain to me how much I was exaggerating. I used to think I was huge and horrible and looking back, I was just a few kilos above what should have probably been the normal weight... Maybe I would have done better at keeping my weight had I know it was something worth keeping

Anyway, it was a great journey with it's ups and downs from which you have probably learned a lot. Best of luck for the future

Yeah I wish someone had said something to me then too!!

BUT everything happens for a reason and I wouldn't be who I am today if I didn't go through all that!!

Kai85

Great story. You look a lot happier in the later photos. You look fab. Good luck on the next stage.

As a side note I am getting my wisdom teeth removed in June hopefully I'll lose some weight :happy:

chu604

Amazing great job
You look great

Julz2586

Won't Let me edit my first post but the guy in my wedding pic is my little brother, he 'gave me away'

sktllmdrhmz

Wow, what a way to take back your life. Just awesome.

Julz2586

Thanks

labtracks

Loved reading this story. Thank you for sharing! Good luck with a happier, healthier life ahead! You've experienced so much already!

inufan4evar

Wow, your very inspiring and your a very beautiful person

Julz2586

ajelove

Great job! You are gorgeous. I also had dumb men to contest with.

Julz2586

Thank you

patriciaannbibo

You Look Amazing !

AngelsheriHackley

That was a inspiring story and you really do deserve to be happy with what you have become your beautiful!!!

doinitforme2012

you look so good! i too got chubby around 14/15 and ended up being a (US) size 15 and being i'm only a little over 5' that's not good, i'm down to a 7 or a 9 jr (us sizing) and i'm hoping to get everything toned and tight and lose roughly 15-20 lbs. i hope to feel as comfortable with my weight as you

hapoo100

The story with the pictures was amazing. True to the ups and downs. Thank you for sharing! I truly believe you will find all the success in the world. thanks for the inspiration :flowerforyou:

abberbabber

Gorgeous! You look so happy Thanks for sharing!

chantellove

Thanks for sharing--you look wonderful, and you're so cute! Glad you got rid of the boyfriend who compared you to porn stars--that is awful, shallow, and despicable! Men like that will live a very shallow existence searching for perfection that doesn't really exist.

Ironman2be

You've done such a great job.. you look so beautiful!!!! keep up the good work!

sc1572

SO happy for you! beautiful! :flowerforyou:

mybabble

Amazing results! You are stunning

Julz2586

you look so good! i too got chubby around 14/15 and ended up being a (US) size 15 and being i'm only a little over 5' that's not good, i'm down to a 7 or a 9 jr (us sizing) and i'm hoping to get everything toned and tight and lose roughly 15-20 lbs. i hope to feel as comfortable with my weight as you

yeah i know what you mean i'm only just under 5'3 (158cm).... so the extra weight really shows haha!!!

Julz2586

You've done such a great job.. you look so beautiful!!!! keep up the good work!

Thanks Babe!!!

Julz2586

Thanks to people who have sent me kind messages!! it means a lot!!